Pogue ma'hone!

Ok, not really...unless your my brother and reading this LOL! Ha!

Sunshine glorious sunshine, OH HOW I HAVE MISSED YOU! Please don't leave me again, promise? My mood has been drastically improved in the past 2 days which solidifies my belief that I do indeed suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

There hasn't been a lot to blog about here recently, besides deals and shopping. DevilDoc is STILL in school and I am STILL going crazy missing him and being the primary parent figure. He was planning to take the week of spring break off from work to get a break but OF COURSE every other person in the clinic already asked for time off...and well, we ARE still the low man on the totem pole. I am hoping he can at least get a couple days off for a break; I dunno how he goes to work every morning and deals with all the BS and then goes directly to school afterward. When he comes home he sets up camp at the kitchen table and studies until 11 or 12 o'clock - then to bed to be up by 5am and back at work. THIS MAN NEEDS A BREAK!

That's all really...except in case you didn't know Magoo wants to see "Diarrhea of a Wimpy Kid" LMAO!

This is what is happening at my house

If you know the geography of Hawai'i then you know which island is O'ahu. For those not familiar...or those who think Hawai'i isn't "America" O'ahu is the tiny little speck 3rd from your left. There is a REALLY tiny one first (Niihau), the next bigger speck is Kaua'i and then my speck O'ahu!

There is no school tomorrow! I guess it is a Hawai'ian snow day, rain day , wind day bad weather day? I mean, no school...as in no private, public or charter institutions are open. Colleges and universities are closed...let's hope they have decided to leave bowling alleys and movie theaters open for the sanity of parents who are now stuck at home for a FOUR DAY WEEKEND with their children because of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday.

I hope, hope, hope, hope that we don't lose power on our side of the island. And if we do I hope it isnt' for too long! I just went grocery shopping today and the thought of having to do it all over is VERY annoying.

Oh, and I have cable running everything in my house...so you'll only be able to reach me via cell if we do go out over here.

What have we been doing?

I swear we have been busy busy busy, but I have NO idea what we have been doing! At school I was preparing for 3 performances (each of the boys plus my classroom of PreK kids!), hosting the PTO holiday social BEFORE the holiday program, preparing for the arrival of my mom, shopping for Christmas gifts and getting them all shipped out! Oh yeah, and still doing taekwondo, basketball and sunshine generation in there somewhere.

I now present to you, the holiday round up in photos. First up, some snaps of the next Damon Bailey...Mr. Pookins!





Oh yeah, I also hosted a cookie swap! It was great to have friends fill our home during the holiday season and share laughs, food and drink!

The kids decorating sugar cookies



The cookie spread! We had 10 people attend and each person brought 6 dozen cookies...that's 720 cookies in my kitchen!!!!


Next up is the performance by Sunshine Generation with support from Magoo. Or, not so much support. When I figure out how to get video off my DVD camera and onto the computer I will post a little clip...for now, it's just still pics!




And the holiday performance at school...

First a Magoo and his dance partner


Then Pookins


And finally, Mrs. Brown and I post Merry Hula performance


Mele Kalikimaka!!!